TikTok has 170 million users in the United States alone. The bill, which could trigger the rare step of barring a company from operating in the US market, passed the Senate by a 79-18 vote three days after it cleared the House of Re...
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr agreed, but still supported a ban. “We know enough to take immediate near-term action on TikTok while then we then continue to have discussions on how do we put broader protections in place,” he said. “We just had news break a couple weeks ago that TikTok...
In 2020, then-President Donald Trump was blocked by the courts in his bid to block TikTok and Chinese-owned WeChat, a unit of Tencent, in the US. However, the new legislation is likely to give the Biden administration a stronger legal footing to ban TikTok if ByteDance fails ...
Peter 13 March 2024 TikTok Online services Only a week ago reports came out that a new bill is looking to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban in the US. And now that bill has passed the US House of Representatives (with a strong bipartisan support, the vote went 352-65)....
"This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court. We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail. The fact is, we have invested billions of dollars to keep US data ...
The bill would require TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to fully divest all of its applications within 180 days or risk a ban on those apps. It would also establish a process for the executive branch to ban applications in the future if they are deemed a security risk. ...
CHINA MOCKS TIKTOK BAN ON US GOVERNMENT DEVICES, ASKS WHY ‘TOP SUPERPOWER’ FEARS ‘YOUNG PEOPLE APP’ U.S. lawmakers in both the House and Senate are looking to enact legislation banning TikTok due to national security concerns.(Drew Angerer/Getty Images / Getty Images) ...
On Wednesday, President Biden signed the bill that forces the popular video sharing app to be sold or be banned in U.S. But, don’t expect it to go away anytime soon. Why does the US want to ban TikTok? Fears in Washington have been ongoing over Chinese threats and the ownership of...
The latest bill to banTikTokis making its way through the government. According to CNN,the latest bill has officially advanced through the House Energy and Commerce Committeeand, if enacted, the bill would not allow TikTok to be taken down from app stores in the United States. ...
The Senate appears to be in no rush to pass a bill that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn't sell its stake.